In Pet Sematary, you can see Jud Crandall making a sandwich of cold Spam, yellow mustard, and pickles. This would fall solidly into the category of "old man food" and I'd eat it. What are some "old man foods" that you love? Did perhaps your dad or grand-dad introduce you to them?
>>21612314>cold Spam, yellow mustard, and pickles.This combination is simply "deviled ham" which is sold premixed in a competitors can.
>>21612314Prunes are delicious and I liked them even as a kid and didn't understand why anyone would hate them.
>>21612314
Normal sirloin steak cooked old man style
>>21612317False, deviled ham also has brown sugar and additional spices. Has a slightly sweet taste. Spam is salty as fuck, as is everything else in this sandwich.
>>21612324You can make "deviled ham" fresh without or with more ingredients, it's simple. Also I know this is can with the little devil on it lmao
>>21612326I accept your concession <3
fried stras (bologna) and eggs. Me pop ate it all the time and lived into his 90's.
>>21612314My grandfather used to annoy the shit out of my grandmother by eating onion slabs with nothing but a shake of salt and peper, and maybe hot sauce, as sandwiches. He was simply ga-ga over the seasonally unique Vidalia. He also used salt and pepper in big metal shake containers, where my grandmother wanted nothing to do with them at the dinner table, using fine china instead. Years later now, I know it was James Beards' favorite sandwich too. I do very much like all finger sandwiches, british style, a simple cucumber and cress, ham salad, egg salad, curried egg salad, etc. I'll brush the sides and stick on the minced herbs too. Nothing better than getting home at midnight after a partying night, and having a litle cold ham salad ready to eat. Onion sandwiches go very nicely with a martini or a gin beverage, aka gibsons with the pickled olive.
>>21612324>False, deviled ham also has brown sugarnever ever
>>21612339https://youtu.be/ZHjU20Uh79Q?si=2u_-kjcy4K5RGgse
>>21612339reminds me of the limburger sandwiches we used to eat in ohio. limburger cheese, red onion, mustard on rye that's it
things my boomer dad ate on his days off when he wasn't in charge of feeding me>cucumber sandwich, creamcheese dill>tomato sandwich, mayo salt & pepper>sliced cheddar cheese right off the block>a big ass bowl of whatever fruit is in seasonNever seen him do it at home, but when we visited family at his farm hometown we'd often eat ploughmans lunches consisting of bread & butter, cheese, and whatever fruits and veggies they had in the garden. As a kid I thought it was so weird my aunt would just pass my uncle a small plate of raw green onion and snap peas but as an adult I can see myself gladly eating like a peasant if it means avoiding globohomo
dried apricots
>>21612355Bro am I your dad, I eat like this... but I hunt so I eat a lot of deer, some pork and beef and crappie (my favorite fish)
>>21612347This would probably be 10/10 if you pan fried the onion a bit.
>>21612314My dad used to take our local brand of potato chips and microwave them for like 10-15 seconds, they ended up tasting like french fries and they were amazing
>>21612366nah he passed a few years back to diabetes. You know how those cornfed boys get addicted to garbage once they leave the farming townsI think he hated cooking for himself so if he couldn't get takeout it was always stuff you could just pull out the fridge and eat.He only cooked big spreads for holidays, and occasionally when he wanted something nostalgic like navy beans & ham hocks, chili and corn bread, or fried cube steak onions and sliced potatos>>21612375who fries red onions?
>>21612397>who fries red onions?Me
>>21612398You are wrong for doing so.
>>21612339The simple appreciation of a good root vegetable seems to have faded away
>>21612339>>21612433women seething at men enjoying things is the same across time
My grandpa ate so much pickled herring, it literally killed him. Docs said he had extreme acid reflux and had holes in his esophagus and was told to stop, and he kept eating them until he died.I eat a lot of pickled herring, too.
>>21612438What a strange thing to take from that.
My dad only eats water crackers and canned junkI hope I drop dead before I'm 40
>>21612571anon said the simple act of his grandpa eating an onion sandwich and using metal salt shakers annoyed the shit his grandmaYou must be a woman to not take what I did from that
Cold Spam? Yes ma'am! Looking for my handicam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwHWm4flFUhttps://lyricsondemand.com/self/kodak_moment
I guess prunes? I like prunes. Supposedly, that's old people food. I used to have an employee who would lose his shit with how much he loved these weird blue spherical mints. He said they were old man candies but he liked them anyway. No idea what they were and I've never seen them anywhere else.
Beef tongue sandwiches. amazing.
>>21612319Based prooooner. I’ve appreciated them since I was a kid too.
Based thread
My grandparents ate basically the same way my dad does, he is just a much less extreme version who is a bit more open to eating different things.>Beef, turkey, ham, chicken, usually prepared in a very bland way with minimal sauces and seasoning>only fish they will eat is salmon>broccoli, green beans>potato of any variety>if its a sandwich it has to be cold cuts>if its a pizza it has to be pepperoniBasically just really bland and unadventurous white boomer food
>>21612792I wonder if delis still offer this .
>>21612347Way too thick on the onion. Way, way too much.
>>21613834Well, what's the proper amount, then? Are you some kind of Limburger sandwich expert?
>>21612320These, and pickled beets. I love them.
>>21612355Tomato sandwiches fuck hard
>>21612314That sounds like it'll give you really bad heartburn>>21612494Why do old men like eating acidic food so much?
>>21612319Prunes are the only dried fruit I can find that don't have added sugar, of course I could dehydrate my own fruit, but I'm too lazy.
>>21612346> that autistic videoROFL...but not at all like my own Grandfather. He was a brilliant quiet man, war time pilot, and career Delta captain. I knew him after retirement, and I just know he loved animals and invited me out on the boat to fish, or to a national park to hike. I was the science loving grandkid. He could look at any cloud or weather, of course and make observations that were always correct. That eagle eye caught lots of wildlife others would have missed as well. He was the most discerning of steaks, and went to speciality butchers to ensure it was perfect. Every restaurant in town though, they "used too much meat tenderizer" or "too tough" or not the right end of the muscle, or something else wrong. Sometimes you have to do it yourself, ya know?
>>21612347>in ohio. limburger cheese, red onion, mustard on rye that's itMy mom did the cold sliced braunschweiger, lettuce, mustard rye version.
>>21612314Limburger cheese. Danish butter cookies. Anise flavored stuff. Oh yeah, they loved growing fresh tomatoes in their gardens (holy shit you haven’t ate good till you had garden grown and fresh picked tomato salad)t. Had Italian grandfathers on both sides of my family
>>21612571>What a strange thing to take from that.Well, I think I painted a good realistic picture of her.My grandfather ran interference his whole life. Grandma was a major bitch to my Mom, never in earshot of my Dad, guilt-tripped my Dad and his brothers, dangled money, withdrew love, and insulted people behind their backs, and literally my grandfather in a moment of wisdom so much his norm, apologized from his deathbed, that he couldn't live any longer. He knew, he knew. I have so many lovely memories of travel and restaurants together. He was a real epicure.
>>21612334Bologna and fried eggs is just a good sandwich
Horseradish is the only distinctly "grandpa" thing I remember mine eating.
>>21614351Because only old men with destroyed tastebuds from years of alcohol, smoking and age can eat it
My Grandpa always liked his spaghetti with a few tabs of butter and a cup of steaming hot milk. He'd say that's how his mother used to serve it, and she came of age during the Depression so I always figured they didn't have spaghetti sauce or something and that's how the dish came about.It's very good and I didn't even know it was weird until I was a young adult.
>>21614357that sounds wholesome
>>21614357I didn't even know about pasta with butter until I moved to the northeast and started meeting Italians. They just do butter with maybe some black pepper. There's also a canned version, somehow lol
>>21614531Why does this exist?
>>21612314Dunno if this counts, but my grandfather would always have a massive jar of planter's mixed nuts next to his recliner, without fail, at all times. I must have inherited those genes, as I now find myself with separate large jars of peanuts, almonds, and pecans next to my office chair. Maybe I'm just old too now.
Frozen vegetables, rice, canned beans, plain oatmeal, and apples.I eat like an old diabetic despite not even having the beetus. Though no meat because I'm cheap.
>>21616280Why do you
>>21617369some sort of cruel joke by god.
>>21617376Are you the pasta with butter sauce of existence
>>21614531this was a review for that on their website
>>21612314Anything this old sex offender makes in his videos.
Dried fruits is an old man food. The only dried fruit I don't really like is dried figs, the rest is great, especially during winter.
>>21616280Because american people are lazy and extremely incompetent when it comes to cooking even the simplest things, which also explains why fast food is so deep rooted in their ridiculous culture. Basically they are overgrown children.
>>21614287Your granddad sounds awesome ngl
>>21613046>>21612319>>21614285Prooooooner bros we can't stop winning
>>21612668https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscB45U-uYU
>>21612314My grandad introduced me to deenz on buttered toast when I was a boy. I still love it 25 years later.
>>21617890that's nice to hear anon. my dad deen'd me around the age of 8 and it's exactly why I can't go near them still to this day. I guess it really depends on how you're introduced
>>21612314Rachel. No. You don't wanna do that!
>>21612314That unironically looks delicious. Jud is the man.Also, this is probably the fourth random reference to Pet Semetary I've seen from completely different corners of the Internet in a couple of days, what the fuck is going on? Are people watching old Stephen King movies because of 'The Long Walk'? (decent movie, btw)>>21612324>"Aha! This can of ultra-processed garbage which surely has extra ingredients added means your statement must be wrong!"/ck/ is such a shithole sometimes, I swear>>21612388I'm mad that I didn't think of doing this myself.
grandpappy used to put slices of bread in the stove under roasting beef/pork/lamb to catch the dripping fat and eat it as a sandwich
>>21614285Dates/figs/raisins usually don't have added sugar. Everything else seems to be a tossup.
>>21619421That's not healthy
Liver & Onions
>>21619510well he lived to 94 sooooo
>>21612314old men like vienna sausages, pickles, and gross disgusting assy cherry cordials.
>>21617890Deenz are genre-defining old man food.Specifically, poor and impoverished old man food.It was equal parts absolutely baffling and amazing marketing to see it blow up with women during covid.
>>21619515https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdFd2KmJn-A
>>21619515I've had it before and didn't like it. It made me realize that I love cooked onions though.
>21617810Trying way too hard there thirdie
>>21618635I have to do it, Jud. Goodbye.
>>21612314Every time I see the thumbnail I think it's Frasier's dad.
>>21619765It's actually Hermann Munster.
>>21619779Yeah, I know. That has nothing to do with my post.
>>21619653Who are you replying to? You made it so we can't see the post by hovering over it. So you kind of wasted whatever it is you're trying to say. lol, so fucking stupid.
>>21612388How did he even think of this? What a man>>21619414Well, what are you wanting for?
>>21619510It is healthy
>>21612494What's wrong with it? Are you Swedish?
>>21612792I don't get Beef Tongue. The flavours not great, the texture isn't great.It's not great
>>21619510I've always figured when you hear these sort of stories it's always in the context of extreme poverty where that fat is like 50% of his fat intake for the week so it'd probably be better than the alternative of not getting enough fat or micro-nutrients or whatever.
>>21619878A lot of people seem to disagree. Haven't tried it, myself.
Louis wasn't an old man in this scene, but I could see an old man doing this.
Spaghetti noodles tossed in margarine. Sauce? No sauce, Barb.
A child's penis.
>>21619414I grew up with King, I don’t need some new movie to get me into his stuff
bare tomato slices with salt and pepper
>>21619515My mom used to make this. As a kid I thought it was okay but I always got tired of the liver after like the second bite.
>>21621646How do you feel about the Creepshow and Creepshow II films anon?>I finally got my cake
Is this the place to post about just having a few slices of summer sausage and smoke gouda?
>>21621646Eh, fair call. I grew up watching King's stuff myself. I even watched the shitty television specials of Langoliers and The Stand. Still great nostalgia fodder, imo.It's still weird how I've seen Pet Semetary so much though.>>21619821I just tried the microwave thing with some Australian potato chips, didn't work at all lmaoGuess it only works with that particular brand
>>21622409yep I would say so
>>21619580deenz have never been cheap enough to live off of them. they're certainly not poor people food and never have been. they're more like a middle class utility food and snack. hell, I grew up poor as hell and I was never allowed to get sardines because of how expensive they were. I could only eat them at my grandparents who were middle class.
>>21623648Have you seen Misery? Probably the best King adaptation and also one of my all-time favourite novels. As far as adaptations it's a tight contest with The Green Mile, Pet Sematary, Shawshank. But honestly the best King works are his short stories, so The Mist, The Body (Stand By Me), The Raft (from Creepshow II)
>>21623659It's probably the most solid adaptation (I'd rate it above Shawshank which is universally beloved but always didn't feel brutal enough to me compared to the source material). I bought the same typewriter that was it in as a kid because I thought it looked cool." ... and to give it that little extra zip, I mix in some Spam with the ground beef."
>>21623769>>21623769>I bought the same typewriter that was it in as a kid because I thought it looked cool.That is so fucking rad. And yep that movie and novel are fucking tops. Weirdly different from one another as always but absolutely excels as a film. Same with Cujo. It's kind of slog to read but that movie is an absolute assault and it's perfect.https://youtu.be/_YnLI8hrNiQ?si=swGnGrtRnz11Z1ur
>>21623784My opinion of Cujo isn't quite as high as yours but I do enjoy it. Yeah the typewriter is fun, it's almost the exact same model year as in the movie, there's one small cosmetic difference but it's close enough for me. Just to keep this on topic here are some descriptions of food from King's books. The one from The Body always made me hungriest.
>>21623822that's fucking great to read, classic King descriptions. I really need to pickup another book, it's been years. thanks anon
>>21623833One more for you: Arnie bringing Dennis Thanksgiving dinner in Christine. Cheers anon
>>21623848Fucking classic! Thanks friend
>>21619877American, gramps was a Polish Jew. Almost everything he ate was pickled, now that I think about it, he died over twenty years ago.>>21614263Idk but the older I get, the more I crave it, too. Pickles would make me puke when I was a kid, now I eat a whole damn pickle with my sandwich at lunch, every day.
>>21612320I like pickled eggs and borscht. Old peasant food is chad chow. When others see cheap cuts of meat I see the base for soup that goes well with salo and brown bread. If you can't make pot au feu or fire a blackpowder rifle or a bow seek help.
Love my horehound
>>21620154this sounds so fucking good
